Board of Directors

David L. Porges

Effective as of March 1, 2017, Mr. Porges was elected Executive Chairman of EQT. Mr. Porges has served in a number of senior management roles with EQT, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from December 2015 through February 2017, and Chairman, President, and Chief Executive Officer from May 2011 through December 2015. He has served as a member EQT’s Board since May 2002 and is a member of the Executive and Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Committees. He is also Chairman of the Boards of Directors of the general partners of EQT GP Holdings, LP (EQGP), EQT Midstream Partners, LP (EQM) and Rice Midstream Partners LP, EQT’s publicly traded master limited partnerships, having served in those roles since January 2015, January 2012 and November 2017, respectively. Mr. Porges also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EQGP’s general partner from January 2015 through February 2017 and as President and Chief Executive Officer of EQM’s general partner from January 2012 through February 2017.

James E. Rohr

Mr. Rohr was elected to EQT's Board of Directors in May 1996 and currently serves as EQT's Lead Independent Director, the Chair of the Executive Committee, and a member of the Management Development and Compensation Committee. After a 42-year career with The PNC Financial Services Group, Inc. (financial services), Mr. Rohr retired from PNC's Board of Directors in April 2014 having most recently served as PNC's Executive Chairman. Previously, he served in a number of senior management roles with PNC, including as the Chairman and Chief Executive Officer from May 2001 through April 2013. Mr. Rohr is also a director of General Electric Company (a multinational industrial, energy and technology conglomerate), serving as a member of its Management Development and Compensation and GE Capital Committees; Marathon Petroleum Corporation (petroleum product refiner, marketer and transporter), serving as Chairman of its Compensation Committee and a member of its Audit Committee; and Allegheny Technologies, Inc. (specialty metal producer), serving as Chairman of its Personnel and Compensation Committee. He was also a director of BlackRock, Inc. (provider of investment, advisory and risk management solutions) from December 1999 through April 2014.

Vicky A. Bailey

Ms. Bailey was elected to EQT's Board of Directors in June 2004 and currently serves as the Chair of the Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee. Ms. Bailey has served as the President of Anderson Stratton International, LLC (strategic consulting and government relations), since November 2005, and as a Vice President of BHMM Energy Services, LLC (utility and facilities management services), since January 2006. Previously, Ms. Bailey was a partner in Johnston & Associates, LLC (consulting firm), from March 2004 through October 2005; Assistant Secretary for the Office of Policy and International Affairs at the Department of Energy, from June 2001 through February 2004; and President of PSI Energy, Inc. (a regulated utility), from 2000 through May 2001. She is also a director of Cheniere Energy, Inc. (energy company primarily engaged in liquefied natural gas related businesses), serving as Chair of its Governance and Nominating Committee and a member of its Audit Committee. Ms. Bailey also served as a director of Cleco Corporation (energy services company with regulated utility and wholesale energy businesses) from June 2013 through March 2016, serving as a member of its Audit and Nominating and Corporate Governance Committees.
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Philip G. Behrman, Ph.D.

Dr. Behrman was elected to EQT's Board of Directors in July 2008 and currently serves as a member of the Audit and Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Committees. Dr. Behrman joined the Board after retiring as Senior Vice President, Worldwide Exploration, for Marathon Oil Corporation (integrated energy company). Prior to joining Marathon in October 2000, he held various positions at Vastar Resources, Inc., British Petroleum, plc and Unocal Corporation.
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Kenneth M. Burke

Mr. Burke joined EQT's Board of Directors in January 2012 and currently serves as a member of the Audit and Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Committees. Mr. Burke spent most of his career serving as a partner with Ernst & Young LLP (Big Four accounting firm), retiring from that position in June 2004. At Ernst & Young, among other leadership positions, he served as National Energy Industry Director and Partner-in-Charge of the Houston Energy Services Group. Mr. Burke is also a director of Nexeo Solutions, Inc. (chemical and plastics distribution) and serves as Chairman of its Audit Committee. From March 2005 through August 2011, Mr. Burke was a member of the board of directors of Trico Marine Services, Inc. (provider of subsea trenching and marine support vessels and services), serving as the Chairman of its Audit Committee and as a member of its Nominating and Governance Committee. From December 2006 through May 2011, Mr. Burke also served as a director of Pride International, Inc. (offshore drilling contractor) (now part of Ensco plc), where he was the Chairman of its Nominating and Governance Committee and a member of its Audit and Compensation Committees.

A. Bray Cary, Jr.

Mr. Cary joined EQT's Board of Directors in July 2008 and currently serves as the Chair of the Corporate Governance Committee and as a member of the Executive and Management Development and Compensation Committees. Mr. Cary served as the President, Chief Executive Officer and a director of West Virginia Media Holdings, LLC (television and print media company) from October 2001 to early 2017. He is nationally known as a sports marketing entrepreneur. Mr. Cary is the founder and former President of Creative Sports Marketing, Inc., a sports consultant for ESPN, Inc. Previously, he also served as Vice President, TV and Technology, for National Association for Stock Car Auto Racing, Inc. (NASCAR).

Margaret K. Dorman

Ms. Dorman was elected to EQT's Board of Directors in January 2012 and currently serves as a member of the Audit Committee. Ms. Dorman most recently served as Executive Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Smith International, Inc. (supplier of oil and gas products and services), from August 2008 through October 2009, and as Senior Vice President, Chief Financial Officer and Treasurer of Smith International, Inc., from May 1999 through August 2008. Ms. Dorman was a director of Hanover Compressor Company (full service natural gas compression business) from 2004 through 2007, serving as the Chair of its Audit Committee.
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Thomas F. Karam

Mr. Karam has been a senior executive and entrepreneur in the midstream energy sector for more than 25 years. He is the founder and Chairman of Karbon Partners, LLC, which invests in, owns, constructs, and operates midstream energy assets. Mr. Karam previously served as the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of PennTex Midstream Partners, LLC, a publicly traded MLP with operations in North Louisiana and the Permian Basin from 2014 until its sale to Energy Transfer Partners in 2016. Preceding PennTex, he was the founder, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Laser Midstream Partners, LLC, one of the first independent natural gas gathering systems in the northeast Marcellus shale, from 2010 until 2012 when it was acquired by Williams Partners. Prior to Laser, Mr. Karam was the President, Chief Operating Officer and Director of Southern Union Company, where he led its successful transformation from a large LDC company to one of the largest pipeline companies in the United States at the time. Prior to Southern Union, Mr. Karam was the President and Chief Executive Officer of Pennsylvania Enterprises and PG Energy, a natural gas utility in central and northeastern Pennsylvania until its acquisition by Southern Union Company. Mr. Karam began his professional career in investment banking with Legg Mason Inc. and Thomson McKinnon.
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Daniel J. Rice, IV

Mr. Rice was elected to EQT’s Board of Directors in November 2017. Mr. Rice most recently served as a director and Chief Executive Officer of Rice Energy Inc. (Rice Energy) (oil and gas exploration company acquired by EQT in November 2017) from October 2013 through November 2017; as Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Rice Energy from October 2008 through September 2013; and as Chief Operating Officer of Rice Energy from October 2012 through September 2013. Mr. Rice also served as the Chief Executive Officer of Rice Midstream Partners LP (RMP) (publicly traded master limited partnership acquired by EQT through its acquisition of Rice Energy), from August 2014 through November 2017. Prior to joining Rice Energy, Mr. Rice served as an investment banker for Tudor Pickering Holt & Co., LLC (Tudor Pickering) (integrated energy investment bank) in Houston, Texas, from February 2008 through October 2008. Prior to his employment at Tudor Pickering , Mr. Rice served as a senior analyst of corporate planning for Transocean Inc. (offshore drilling contractor) from March 2005 through February 2008. Mr. Rice has also served as a director of the general partner of RMP from August 2014 through November 2017.

Steven T. Schlotterbeck

Mr. Schlotterbeck was elected to EQT’s Board of Directors in January 2017 and is a member of the Executive and Public Policy and Corporate Responsibility Committees. He has served as EQT’s President and Chief Executive Officer since March 2017. Prior to his promotion as Chief Executive Officer, he served as President, EQT Corporation and President, Exploration and Production from December 2015 through February 2017; as Executive Vice President, EQT Corporation and President, Exploration and Production from December 2013 through December 2015; and as Senior Vice President, EQT Corporation and President, Exploration and Production from April 2010 through December 2013. Mr. Schlotterbeck is also a director of the general partners of EQT GP Holdings, LP (EQGP), EQT Midstream Partners, LP (EQM) and Rice Midstream Partners LP (RMP), EQT’s publicly traded master limited partnerships, having served in those roles since January 2015, January 2017 and November 2017, respectively. Mr. Schlotterbeck has also served as President and Chief Executive Officer of EQGP’s and EQM’s general partners since March 2017, and RMP’s general partner since November 2017.

Stephen A. Thorington

Mr. Thorington was elected to EQT's Board of Directors in September 2010 and currently serves as the Chair of the Audit Committee and as a member of the Executive Committee. Mr. Thorington retired in April 2006 as Executive Vice President and Chief Financial Officer of Plains Exploration & Production Company (energy company engaged in the upstream oil and gas business) (now part of Freeport-McMoRan Inc.), a role in which he served since September 2002. He previously held executive management positions at Plains Resources, Inc., Ocean Energy, Inc., Seagull Energy Co. and The Chase Manhattan Bank. Mr. Thorington has also served as a director of the general partner of EQT GP Holdings, LP (EQGP), one of EQT’s publicly traded master limited partnerships, since April 2015, serving as Chair of its Audit Committee and as Presiding Director. He also was a director of QRE GP, LLC, the general partner of QR Energy, LP (oil and gas production master limited partnership), from January 2011 through the acquisition of QR Energy, LP by Breitburn Energy Partners LP during November 2014. He also served as a director of KMG Chemicals Inc. (diversified chemical company) from May 2007 through December 2014, at which time he retired from the Board at the conclusion of his then-current term.
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Norman J. Szydlowski

Mr. Szydlowski has served as a director of the general partner of 8point3 Energy Partners, LP since 2015. He also served as a director of the general partner of JP Energy Partners LP from 2014 to 2017, and he was a director of Transocean Partners, LLC from 2014 to 2016. From 2009 to 2014, Mr. Szydlowski served as President and Chief Executive Officer of SemGroup Corporation, and as a director from 2010 to 2014. During his career with SemGroup, Mr. Szydlowski served as President, Chief Executive Officer and Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rose Rock Midstream GP, LLC. From 2006 to 2008, Mr. Szydlowski served as President and Chief Executive Officer of Colonial Pipeline Company and from 2011 to 2014 served as a director of NGL Energy Partners. He also has served as a senior consultant to the Iraqi Ministry of Oil in Baghdad on behalf of the U.S. Department of Defense, where he led an advisory team in the rehabilitation, infrastructure security and development of future strategy of the Iraqi oil sector. Earlier career experience includes several leadership roles at Chevron Corporation.
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Lee T. Todd, Jr., Ph.D.

Dr. Todd joined EQT's Board of Directors in November 2003 and currently serves as the Chair of the Management Development and Compensation Committee and as a member of the Executive and Corporate Governance Committees. Dr. Todd served as the President of Lee Todd Consulting, LLC (technology consulting firm) from October 2014 through April 2016. Dr. Todd retired from the University of Kentucky in September 2014, after having served as the President of the university from July 2001 through June 2011, and as a Professor of Electrical Engineering from July 2011 through September 2014. Prior to joining the University of Kentucky, he was Senior Vice President of Lotus Development Corporation (software company acquired by IBM) from June 2000 through May 2001.

Christine J. Toretti

Ms. Toretti was elected to EQT's Board of Directors in October 2015 and currently serves as a member of the Corporate Governance Committee. Ms. Toretti is President of Palladio, LLC (consulting company) and she has held numerous executive positions in the energy industry, including Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of S.W. Jack Drilling Company, a privately held Appalachian Basin land-based drilling company, from 1990 through 2010; and President of The Jack Company, a privately-held natural gas production company, from 1988 through 2015. Ms. Toretti is a former director of the Pittsburgh Federal Reserve Bank; and since 1984 she has served as a director of S&T Bancorp, Inc. (financial services), where she is currently Vice Chairman of the Board and a member of the Nominating Committee.

Robert F. Vagt

Mr. Vagt was elected to EQT’s Board of Directors in November 2017. Previously, Mr. Vagt served as the Chairman of the Board of Directors of Rice Energy Inc. (Rice Energy) (oil and gas exploration company acquired by EQT in November 2017) from January 2014 through November 2017. Mr. Vagt has served as a member of the Board of Directors of Kinder Morgan, Inc. (energy infrastructure company) since May 2012. Mr. Vagt previously served as a member of the Board of Directors of El Paso Corporation (provider of natural gas and energy related products) from May 2005 through June 2012. From January 2008 through January 2014, Mr. Vagt was the President of The Heinz Endowments. Prior to his tenure at The Heinz Endowments, Mr. Vagt served as President of Davidson College from July 1997 through August 2007. Mr. Vagt served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Seagull Energy Corporation (oil and gas exploration and production company) from 1996 through 1997. From 1992 through 1996, Mr. Vagt served as President, Chairman and Chief Executive Officer of Global Natural Resources, Inc. (independent oil and natural gas production company). Mr. Vagt served as President and Chief Operating Officer of Adobe Resources Corporation (oil and natural gas production company) from 1989 through 1992, and in various positions with Adobe Resources Corporation and its predecessor entities prior to 1989. Mr. Vagt has also served as a director of the general partner of Rice Midstream Partners LP (publicly traded master limited partnership acquired by EQT through its acquisition of Rice Energy) since August 2014.